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Maysoon Zayid: I got 99 problems ... palsy is just one
Maysoon Zayid: Imam 99 težav... paraliza je le ena od njih
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"Imam cerebralno paralizo. Ves čas se tresem." Tako Maysoon Zayid napove svoj vznemirljiv in nadvse smešen govor. (Res je smešen.) "Sem kot križanec med Shakiro in Muhammadom Alijem." Ta arabsko-ameriška komičarka nas dostojanstveno in inteligentno popelje na turnejo po svojih dogodivščinah - v vlogi igralke, komičarke, človekoljubne ženske in zagovornice invalidov.
Maysoon Zayid - Comedian and writer
Writer, actor, comedian, Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival. Full bio
Writer, actor, comedian, Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival. Full bio
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00:12
Hello, TEDWomen, what's up.
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Pozdravljene, TEDŽenske, kaj bo dobrega?
00:14
(Cheers)
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(Vzkliki)
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Not good enough.
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Ni dovolj dobro.
00:17
Hello, TEDWomen, what is up?
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Pozdravljene, TEDŽenske, kaj bo dobrega?
00:19
(Cheers)
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(Vzkliki)
00:21
My name is Maysoon Zayid,
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Ime mi je Maysoon Zayid,
00:23
and I am not drunk,
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nisem pijana,
00:26
but the doctor who delivered me was.
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zdravnik, ki mi je pomagal
na svet, pa je bil.
na svet, pa je bil.
00:28
He cut my mom six different times
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Mojo mamo je šestkrat prerezal
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in six different directions,
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v šestih različnih smereh
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suffocating poor little me in the process.
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in me pri tem dušil.
00:37
As a result, I have cerebral palsy,
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Zaradi tega imam cerebralno paralizo,
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which means I shake all the time.
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kar pomeni, da se stalno tresem.
00:43
Look.
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Poglejte.
00:46
It's exhausting. I'm like Shakira, Shakira
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Hudo utrujajoče je.
Sem kot Shakira, Shakira
Sem kot Shakira, Shakira
00:49
meets Muhammad Ali.
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in Muhammad Ali obenem.
00:51
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
00:54
C.P. is not genetic.
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Cerebralna paraliza ni genetsko pogojena.
00:56
It's not a birth defect. You can't catch it.
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Ni okvara ob rojstvu. Ni nalezljiva.
00:59
No one put a curse on my mother's uterus,
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Nihče ni uročil mamine maternice
01:02
and I didn't get it because
my parents are first cousins,
my parents are first cousins,
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in nisem je dobila zato,
ker bi bila starša bratranec in sestrična,
ker bi bila starša bratranec in sestrična,
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which they are.
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kar v resnici sta.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
01:11
It only happens from accidents,
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Povzročijo jo samo nesreče,
01:13
like what happened to me on my birth day.
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kot se je zgodilo ob mojem rojstvu.
01:16
Now, I must warn you, I'm not inspirational,
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Opozoriti vas moram,
da nisem govornica, ki bi vas navdihnila,
da nisem govornica, ki bi vas navdihnila,
01:21
and I don't want anyone in this room
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in nočem, da bi se komurkoli
v tem prostoru
v tem prostoru
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to feel bad for me,
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smilila,
01:25
because at some point in your life,
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ker ste nekoč
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you have dreamt of being disabled.
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tudi vi želeli biti invalid.
01:30
Come on a journey with me.
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Pojdimo skupaj na potovanje.
01:32
It's Christmas Eve, you're at the mall,
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Božični večer je,
v nakupovalnem centru ste,
v nakupovalnem centru ste,
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you're driving around in circles looking for parking,
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vozite se naokrog, iščoč parkirni prostor,
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and what do you see?
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in kaj zagledate?
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Sixteen empty handicapped spaces.
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Šestnajst prostih mest,
namenjenih invalidom.
namenjenih invalidom.
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And you're like, "God, can't I just be
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Mislite si: "Bog, ali ne morem biti
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a little disabled?"
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samo malo invaliden?"
01:50
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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Also, I gotta tell you,
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Moram vam povedati tudi,
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I got 99 problems, and palsy is just one.
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da imam 99 težav,
in paraliza je le ena od njih.
in paraliza je le ena od njih.
02:01
If there was an Oppression Olympics,
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Če bi obstajala olimpijada v zatiranju,
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I would win the gold medal.
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bi jaz dobila zlato medaljo.
02:06
I'm Palestinian, Muslim, I'm female, I'm disabled,
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Sem Palestinka, muslimanka,
ženska, invalidna,
ženska, invalidna,
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and I live in New Jersey.
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pa še v New Jerseyu živim.
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplavz)
02:19
If you don't feel better about
yourself, maybe you should.
yourself, maybe you should.
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Če se doslej niste počutili
bolje v svoji koži, bi se morda morali.
bolje v svoji koži, bi se morda morali.
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Cliffside Park, New Jersey is my hometown.
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Moj dom je Cliffside Park v New Jerseyu.
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I have always loved the fact
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Vedno mi je bilo všeč,
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that my hood and my affliction
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da imata moj kraj in moja bolezen
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share the same initials.
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isti začetnici.
02:32
I also love the fact that if I wanted to walk
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Všeč mi je tudi, da bi,
če bi hotela iti peš
če bi hotela iti peš
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from my house to New York City, I could.
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od doma v New York City,
to lahko storila.
to lahko storila.
02:37
A lot of people with C.P. don't walk,
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Veliko ljudi s CP ne hodi,
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but my parents didn't believe in "can't."
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a moji starši niso verjeli v "ne morem".
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My father's mantra was,
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Mantra mojega očeta je bila:
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"You can do it, yes you can can."
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"Zmoreš, da, da, zmoreš zmoreš."
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
02:51
So, if my three older sisters were mopping,
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Kadar so moje tri starejše sestre
pomivale tla,
pomivale tla,
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I was mopping.
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sem tudi jaz pomivala.
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If my three older sisters went to public school,
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Če so moje tri starejše sestre
hodile v javno šolo,
hodile v javno šolo,
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my parents would sue the school system
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bi moji starši tožili šolski sistem,
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and guarantee that I went too,
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da bi tudi jaz lahko šla,
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and if we didn't all get A's,
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in če nismo vse dobivale petic,
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we all got my mother's slipper.
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smo jih vse dobile z maminim copatom.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
03:09
My father taught me how to walk
when I was five years old
when I was five years old
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Oče me je naučil hoditi,
ko sem bila stara pet let,
ko sem bila stara pet let,
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by placing my heels on his feet
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tako da je moji peti
postavil na svoja narta
postavil na svoja narta
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and just walking.
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in hodil.
03:17
Another tactic that he used is he would dangle
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Druga taktika je bila, da je pred menoj
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a dollar bill in front of me and have me chase it.
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mahal z dolarskim bankovcem,
jaz pa sem ga lovila.
jaz pa sem ga lovila.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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My inner stripper was very strong, and by --
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V meni skrita striptizeta
je bila močna in ...
je bila močna in ...
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
03:30
Yeah. No, by the first day of kindergarten,
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Ja. Ne, prvi dan vrtca
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I was walking like a champ
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sem hodila kot šimpanz,
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who had been punched one too many times.
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ki so ga prevečkrat udarili.
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Growing up, there were only six Arabs in my town,
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Ko sem odraščala,
je bilo v mestu vsega šest Arabcev,
je bilo v mestu vsega šest Arabcev,
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and they were all my family.
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pa še to so bili vsi moji sorodniki.
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Now there are 20 Arabs in town,
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Zdaj nas je dvajset
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and they are still all my family. (Laughter)
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in še vedno smo vsi v sorodu. (Smeh)
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I don't think anyone even noticed we weren't Italian.
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Mislim, da ni nihče opazil,
da nismo Italijani.
da nismo Italijani.
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(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplavz)
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This was before 9/11 and before politicians
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To je bilo pred 11. septembrom
in preden so politiki ocenili,
in preden so politiki ocenili,
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thought it was appropriate to use "I hate Moslems"
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da je "Sovražim muslimane"
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as a campaign slogan.
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primeren slogan za kampanjo.
04:08
The people that I grew up with
had no problem with my faith.
had no problem with my faith.
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Ljudje, s katerimi sem odrasla,
niso imeli težav z mojo vero.
niso imeli težav z mojo vero.
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They did, however, seem very concerned
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Jih je pa skrbelo,
04:14
that I would starve to death during Ramadan.
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da bom med ramadanom umrla od lakote.
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I would explain to them that I have enough fat
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Pojasnila sem, da imam na sebi
dovolj maščobe,
dovolj maščobe,
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to live off of for three whole months,
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da bi z njo lahko preživela cele tri mesece,
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so fasting from sunrise to sunset is a piece of cake.
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tako da je postenje od sončnega vzhoda
do zahoda mala malica.
do zahoda mala malica.
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I have tap-danced on Broadway.
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Plesala sem step na Broadwayu.
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Yeah, on Broadway. It's crazy. (Applause)
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Ja, na Broadwayu. To je noro. (Aplavz)
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My parents couldn't afford physical therapy,
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Starši si niso mogli privoščiti
fizioterapije,
fizioterapije,
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so they sent me to dancing school.
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zato so me poslali v plesno šolo.
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I learned how to dance in heels,
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Naučila sem se plesati v visokih petah,
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which means I can walk in heels.
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in lahko hodim v visokih petah.
04:40
And I'm from Jersey,
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In iz Jerseya sem,
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and we are really concerned with being chic,
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kjer vsi hočemo biti šik.
04:44
so if my friends wore heels, so did I.
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Ker so prijateljice nosile visoke pete,
sem jih tudi jaz.
sem jih tudi jaz.
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And when my friends went and
spent their summer vacations
spent their summer vacations
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Ko pa so prijatelji šli na
poletne počitnice
poletne počitnice
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on the Jersey Shore, I did not.
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na obalo Jerseya, jaz nisem šla.
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I spent my summers in a war zone,
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Moja poletja so potekala
na vojnem območju,
na vojnem območju,
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because my parents were afraid
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kajti starši so se bali,
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that if we didn't go back to Palestine
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da če ne gremo v Palestino
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every single summer,
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čisto vsako poletje,
05:02
we'd grow up to be Madonna.
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bomo odrasle v Madonno.
05:04
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
05:09
Summer vacations often consisted of
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Poletne počitnice so pogosto pomenile čas,
05:13
my father trying to heal me,
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ko me je oče poskušal ozdraviti,
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so I drank deer's milk,
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zato sem pila jelenovo mleko,
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I had hot cups on my back,
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na hrbtu imela vroče skodelice
05:18
I was dunked in the Dead Sea,
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ali pa so me potapljali v Mrtvo morje.
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and I remember the water burning my eyes
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Spomnim se, kako so me oči pekle od vode
05:23
and thinking, "It's working! It's working!"
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in sem mislila: "Deluje! Deluje!"
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
05:29
But one miracle cure we did find was yoga.
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Smo pa našli eno čudežno zdravilo: jogo.
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I have to tell you, it's very boring,
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Moram vam povedati, da je zelo dolgočasna,
05:35
but before I did yoga,
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ampak pred jogo,
05:37
I was a stand-up comedian who can't stand up.
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sem bila stand up komičarka,
ki ni mogla stati.
ki ni mogla stati.
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And now I can stand on my head.
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Zdaj pa lahko stojim na glavi.
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My parents reinforced this notion
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Starši so še okrepili prepričanje,
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that I could do anything,
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da lahko naredim karkoli,
05:51
that no dream was impossible,
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da nobene sanje niso nemogoče,
05:53
and my dream was to be
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in jaz sem sanjala o nastopu
05:54
on the daytime soap opera "General Hospital."
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v limonadi "Splošna bolnišnica".
05:58
I went to college during affirmative action
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Na fakulteti sem bila v času
pozitivne diskriminacije
pozitivne diskriminacije
06:01
and got a sweet scholarship to ASU,
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in dobila sem štipendijo za univerzo ASU,
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Arizona State University,
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Arizona State University,
06:05
because I fit every single quota.
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ker sem spadala v vse kvote.
06:08
I was like the pet lemur of the theater department.
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Bila sem ljubljenček oddelka za gledališče.
06:13
Everybody loved me.
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Vsi so me imeli radi.
06:14
I did all the less-than-intelligent kids' homework,
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Naredila sem vse domače naloge
ne-ravno-pametnih otrok
ne-ravno-pametnih otrok
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I got A's in all of my classes,
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imela sem odlične ocene,
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A's in all of their classes.
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pri vseh svojih in njihovih predmetih.
06:22
Every time I did a scene
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Vsakič ko sem odigrala sceno
06:24
from "The Glass Menagerie,"
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iz "Steklene menažerije",
06:26
my professors would weep.
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so moji profesorji jokali.
06:28
But I never got cast.
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Ampak nikoli nisem dobila prave vloge.
06:31
Finally, my senior year,
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V zadnjem letniku
06:32
ASU decided to do a show called
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se je ASU odločila za predstavo
06:34
"They Dance Real Slow in Jackson."
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"V Jacksonu plešejo čisto počasi".
06:36
It's a play about a girl with C.P.
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Gre za igro o dekletu s CP.
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I was a girl with C.P.
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Jaz sem bila dekle s CP.
06:41
So I start shouting from the rooftops,
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Vsem sem glasno razlagala:
06:44
"I'm finally going to get a part!
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"Končno bom dobila vlogo!
06:46
I have cerebral palsy!
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Imam cerebralno paralizo!
06:48
Free at last! Free at last!
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Končno svobodna! Končno svobodna!
06:50
Thank God almighty, I'm free at last!"
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Hvala vsemogočnemu bogu,
končno sem svobodna!"
končno sem svobodna!"
06:53
I didn't get the part. (Laughter)
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Nisem dobila vloge. (Smeh)
06:57
Sherry Brown got the part.
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Sherry Brown jo je.
06:59
I went racing to the head of the theater department
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Odvihrala sem k vodji
gledališkega oddelka,
gledališkega oddelka,
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crying hysterically, like someone shot my cat,
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histerično sem jokala,
kot da so mi ustrelili mačko.
kot da so mi ustrelili mačko.
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to ask her why,
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Vprašala sem jo, zakaj,
07:06
and she said it was because
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in dejala je, da zato,
07:07
they didn't think I could do the stunts.
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ker so menili, da ne morem
opraviti kaskaderskih vložkov.
opraviti kaskaderskih vložkov.
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I said, "Excuse me, if I can't do the stunts,
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Odvrnila sem: "Oprostite,
če jaz ne tega ne zmorem,
če jaz ne tega ne zmorem,
07:13
neither can the character."
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potem tudi ta junakinja ne zmore."
07:15
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplavz)
07:22
This was a part that I was literally born to play
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Dobesedno rojena sem bila za to vlogo,
07:28
and they gave it, they gave it to a non-palsy actress.
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pa so jo dali igralki
brez cerebralne paralize.
brez cerebralne paralize.
07:32
College was imitating life.
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Fakulteta je posnemala življenje.
07:35
Hollywood has a sordid history
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Hollywood ima umazano zgodovino
07:37
of casting able-bodied actors
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najemanja igralcev brez telesnih omejitev,
07:39
to play disabled onscreen.
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da igrajo vloge ljudi z gibalnimi ovirami.
07:42
Upon graduating, I moved back home,
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Po diplomi sem se vrnila domov
07:44
and my first acting gig was
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in moja prva igralska vloga
07:46
as an extra on a daytime soap opera.
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je bila vloga statistke pri neki limonadi.
07:49
My dream was coming true.
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Sanje so se mi uresničevale.
07:51
And I knew that I would be promoted
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In vedela sem,
da bom v kratkem napredovala
da bom v kratkem napredovala
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from "diner diner" to "wacky best friend" in no time.
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od "nekoga, ki večerja v ozadju" do
"smešne najboljše prijateljice".
"smešne najboljše prijateljice".
07:58
But instead, I remained a glorified piece of furniture
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Namesto tega sem ostala
povzdignjen del pohištva,
povzdignjen del pohištva,
08:00
that you could only recognize
from the back of my head,
from the back of my head,
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ki ga lahko prepoznate samo
po zadnjem delu glave.
po zadnjem delu glave.
08:03
and it became clear to me
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Postalo mi je jasno,
08:05
that casting directors
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da tisti, ki izbirajo igralsko zasedbo,
08:07
didn't hire fluffy, ethnic, disabled actors.
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ne jemljejo nemirnih, invalidnih igralk
iz etničnih manjšin.
iz etničnih manjšin.
08:11
They only hired perfect people.
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Najemajo samo popolne ljudi.
08:13
But there were exceptions to the rule.
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So pa obstajale izjeme.
08:15
I grew up watching Whoopi Goldberg,
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Odraščala sem ob gledanju Whoopi Goldberg,
08:17
Roseanne Barr, Ellen,
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Roseanne Barr, Ellen.
08:19
and all of these women had one thing in common:
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Vse te ženske so imele nekaj skupnega:
08:22
they were comedians.
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bile so komičarke.
08:23
So I became a comic.
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Tako sem postala komičarka.
08:26
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplavz)
08:31
My first gig was driving famous comics
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Moje prvo delo je bilo voziti znane komike
08:35
from New York City to shows in New Jersey,
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iz New Yorka na nastope v New Jersey.
08:38
and I'll never forget the face of the first comic
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Nikoli ne bom pozabila obraza
prvega komika,
prvega komika,
08:40
I ever drove when he realized
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ki sem ga peljala, ko je ugotovil,
08:42
that he was speeding down the New Jersey Turnpike
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da brzi po avtocesti New Jersey Turnpike
08:45
with a chick with C.P. driving him.
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s punco s CP za volanom.
08:48
I've performed in clubs all over America,
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Nastopala sem po klubih po vsej Ameriki,
08:51
and I've also performed in Arabic in the Middle East,
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na Bližnjem vzhodu sem imela tudi
nastope v arabščini,
nastope v arabščini,
08:54
uncensored and uncovered.
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brez cenzure in brez pokrivala.
08:58
Some people say I'm the first
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Nekateri mi pravijo
09:00
stand-up comic in the Arab world.
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prva stand up komičarka v arabskem svetu.
09:02
I never like to claim first,
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Ne maram trditi, da sem prva,
09:04
but I do know that they never heard
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vem pa, da niso nikoli slišali
09:06
that nasty little rumor that women aren't funny,
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grdih govoric o tem,
da ženske nismo smešne,
da ženske nismo smešne,
09:10
and they find us hysterical.
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zdimo se jim smešne za umret.
09:15
In 2003, my brother from another mother and father
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Leta 2003 sva z bratom
Deanom Obeidallahom,
Deanom Obeidallahom,
09:19
Dean Obeidallah and I started
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ki ima drugo mater in očeta,
ustanovila newyorški
arabsko-ameriški festival komedije,
arabsko-ameriški festival komedije,
09:21
the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival,
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09:24
now in its 10th year.
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ki sedaj šteje že deseto leto.
09:25
Our goal was to change the negative image
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Želela sva spremeniti negativno podobo
09:29
of Arab-Americans in media,
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arabskih Američanov v medijih
09:31
while also reminding casting directors
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ter biti opomin tistim,
ki izbirajo igralske zasedbe,
ki izbirajo igralske zasedbe,
09:34
that South Asian and Arab are not synonymous.
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da južnoazijski in arabski
nista sopomenki.
nista sopomenki.
09:37
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
09:40
Mainstreaming Arabs was much, much easier
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Vključevati Arabce je bilo
veliko veliko lažje
veliko veliko lažje
09:45
than conquering the challenge
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kot premagati izziv
09:47
against the stigma against disability.
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stigme proti invalidnosti.
09:50
My big break came in 2010.
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Veliki preboj sem doživela leta 2010.
09:53
I was invited to be a guest
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Kot gostjo so me povabili
09:54
on the cable news show
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na oddajo kabelske televizije
09:56
"Countdown With Keith Olbermann."
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"Odštevanje s Keithom Olbermannom".
09:58
I walked in looking like I was going to the prom,
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Vstopila sem, kot da grem na
maturantski ples,
maturantski ples,
10:01
and they shuffle me into a studio
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oni pa so me potisnili v studio
10:03
and seat me on a spinning, rolling chair.
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in posedli na vrteč se stol na kolesih.
10:08
So I looked at the stage manager and I'm like,
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Pogledala sem scenografko in dejala:
10:11
"Excuse me, can I have another chair?"
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"Oprostite, lahko dobim drug stol?"
10:14
And she looked at me and she went,
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Pogledala me je in začela:
10:15
"Five, four, three, two ..."
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"Pet, štiri, tri, dve ..."
10:18
And we were live, right?
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In že smo šli v živo.
10:20
So I had to grip onto the anchor's desk
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Morala sem se držati voditeljeve mize,
10:22
so that I wouldn't roll off the
screen during the segment,
screen during the segment,
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da se med sceno ne bi odpeljala iz kadra.
10:26
and when the interview was over, I was livid.
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Ko je bilo intervjuja konec,
sem bila razkačena.
sem bila razkačena.
10:29
I had finally gotten my chance and I blew it,
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Dobila sem priložnost
in uničila sem jo.
in uničila sem jo.
10:31
and I knew I would never get invited back.
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Vedela sem, da me ne bodo
nikoli več povabili.
nikoli več povabili.
10:34
But not only did Mr. Olbermann invite me back,
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A ne samo da me je g. Olbermann
spet povabil,
spet povabil,
10:37
he made me a full-time contributor,
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postala sem redna sodelavka,
10:40
and he taped down my chair.
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moj stol pa je prilepil na pod.
10:43
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplavz)
10:49
One fun fact I learned while on the air
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Ena od zabavnih stvari,
ki sem se jih naučila
ki sem se jih naučila
10:51
with Keith Olbermann
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ob delu s Keithom Olbermannom,
10:52
was that humans on the Internet are scumbags.
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je, da so ljudje na internetu barabe.
10:56
People say children are cruel,
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Pravijo, da so otroci kruti,
10:58
but I was never made fun of as a child or an adult.
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ampak iz mene se nikoli niso norčevali,
ne kot otroka ne kot odrasle.
ne kot otroka ne kot odrasle.
11:02
Suddenly, my disability on the
world wide web is fair game.
world wide web is fair game.
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Naenkrat je moja invalidnost
na spletu postala poštena igra.
na spletu postala poštena igra.
11:05
I would look at clips online
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Spletni videi so imeli
11:07
and see comments like,
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take komentarje:
11:09
"Yo, why's she tweakin?"
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"Hej, zakaj se zvija?"
11:12
"Yo, is she retarded?"
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"Hej, je zaostala?"
11:14
And my favorite, "Poor Gumby-mouth terrorist.
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In moj najljubši:
"Uboga teroristka krivih ust.
"Uboga teroristka krivih ust.
11:17
What does she suffer from?
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Za čim trpi?
11:19
We should really pray for her."
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Moliti moramo zanjo."
11:23
One commenter even suggested
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En komentator je celo predlagal,
11:24
that I add my disability to my credits:
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da svojo invalidnost štejem kot veščino:
11:27
screenwriter, comedian, palsy.
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scenaristka, komičarka,
ima cerebralno paralizo.
ima cerebralno paralizo.
11:32
Disability is as visual as race.
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Invalidnost je tako opazna kot rasa.
11:35
If a wheelchair user can't play Beyoncé,
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Če nekdo v invalidskem vozičku
ne more igrati Beyoncé,
ne more igrati Beyoncé,
11:38
then Beyoncé can't play a wheelchair user.
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potem Beyoncé ne more igrati
nekoga v invalidskem vozičku.
nekoga v invalidskem vozičku.
11:41
The disabled are the largest —
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Invalidi so največja ...
11:43
Yeah, clap for that, man. C'mon.
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Ja, kar ploskajte temu. Dajte.
11:46
(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
11:51
People with disabilities are the largest minority
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Ljudje z invalidnostjo
so največja manjšina
so največja manjšina
11:53
in the world, and we are the most underrepresented
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na svetu, hkrati pa najmanj zastopana
11:56
in entertainment.
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v svetu zabave.
11:58
The doctors said that I wouldn't walk,
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Zdravniki so dejali, da ne bom hodila,
12:01
but I am here in front of you.
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pa sem tu pred vami.
12:03
However, if I grew up with social media,
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A če bi odrasla s socialnimi mediji,
12:06
I don't think I would be.
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verjetno ne bi bila.
12:08
I hope that together
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Upam, da lahko skupaj
12:09
we can create more positive images
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ustvarimo bolj pozitivno sliko
12:12
of disability in the media and in everyday life.
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o invalidnosti, tako v medijih
kot v vsakdanjem življenju.
kot v vsakdanjem življenju.
12:15
Perhaps if there were more positive images,
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Če bi bilo več pozitivnih zgodb,
12:18
it would foster less hate on the Internet.
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bi to morda vodilo
v manj sovraštva na internetu.
v manj sovraštva na internetu.
12:21
Or maybe not.
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Ali pa ne.
12:23
Maybe it still takes a village
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Morda je še vedno potrebna cela vas,
12:25
to teach our children well.
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da nauči svoje otroke manir.
12:28
My crooked journey has taken me
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Moja vijugasta pot me je vodila
12:30
to some very spectacular places.
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na nekaj zelo spektakularnih krajev.
12:32
I got to walk the red carpet
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Šla sem po rdeči preprogi
12:35
flanked by soap diva Susan Lucci
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z zvezdnico limonad Susan Lucci
12:38
and the iconic Lorraine Arbus.
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ter ikono Lorraine Arbus ob sebi.
12:40
I got to act in a movie with Adam Sandler
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Igrala sem v filmu z Adamom Sandlerjem
12:42
and work with my idol,
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ter delala s svojim idolom,
12:44
the amazing Dave Matthews.
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čudovitim Davom Matthewsom.
12:46
I toured the world as a headliner
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Bila sem glavna točka svetovne turneje
12:48
on Arabs Gone Wild.
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pri "Podivjanih Arabcih".
12:50
I was a delegate
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Kot delegatka sem zastopala
12:53
representing the great state of New Jersey
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državo New Jersey na
12:56
at the 2008 DNC.
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Demokratskem nacionalnem zborovanju
leta 2008.
leta 2008.
12:58
And I founded Maysoon's Kids,
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In ustanovila sem dobrodelno društvo
13:00
a charity that hopes
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Maysoon's Kids, ki želi
13:02
to give Palestinian refugee children
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palestinskim begunskim otrokom dati
13:04
a sliver of the chance my parents gave me.
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vsaj delček priložnosti,
kakršno so meni dali starši.
kakršno so meni dali starši.
13:07
But the one moment that stands out the most
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Najpomembnejši trenutek od vseh
13:10
was when I got -- before this moment --
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je bil, ko sem dobila...
no, pred tem trenutkom zdaj...
no, pred tem trenutkom zdaj...
13:12
(Laughter) (Applause) —
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(Smeh) (Aplavz)
13:20
but the one moment that stands out the most
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… najpomembnejši trenutek
13:23
was when I got to perform
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je bil, ko sem dobila priložnost nastopiti
13:25
for the man who floats like a butterfly
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za človeka, ki lebdi kot metulj
13:28
and stings like a bee,
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in zbode kot čebela,
13:29
has Parkinson's and shakes just like me,
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ki ima Parkinsonovo bolezen
in se trese kakor jaz,
in se trese kakor jaz,
13:33
Muhammad Ali.
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za Muhammada Alija.
13:35
(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
13:43
It was the only time
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To je bilo edinkrat,
13:45
that my father ever saw me perform live,
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ko me je moj oče videl nastopiti v živo,
13:47
and I dedicate this talk to his memory.
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in ta govor posvečam njegovemu spominu.
13:51
(In Arabic)
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(arabščina)
13:53
My name is Maysoon Zayid,
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Ime mi je Maysoon Zayid
13:56
and if I can can, you can can.
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in če jaz zmorem zmorem,
zmoreš zmoreš tudi ti.
zmoreš zmoreš tudi ti.
13:59
(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maysoon Zayid - Comedian and writerWriter, actor, comedian, Maysoon Zayid is the co-founder of the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival.
Why you should listen
Early in her acting career, Maysoon Zayid realized she'd get a lot more stage time if she showed off how funny she was. As she told the BBC, "It became very obvious to me that in the United States of America, a fluffy ethnic disabled chick was never going to get a job unless she did stand-up."
A Palestinian woman from New Jersey, Zayid jokes about her family, global culture, and her life with cerebral palsy. Along with Dean Obeidallah, she founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, now in its 10th year. She spends several months of the year in the Palestinian Territories running workshops for disabled and orphaned kids in refugee camps, using art to help them deal with trauma. And yes -- if you're an Adam Sandler fan, you'll recognize Zayid as the woman behind the beauty-shop counter in You Don't Mess With the Zohan.
Maysoon Zayid | Speaker | TED.com